If you are presenting at a conference, or if you will incur costs associated with your dissertation research, you can apply for one of the following awards. A student can only receive one conference award and one research award per academic year. If you have questions about your eligibility or the process, be in touch with the Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs, Alyssa Stalsberg Canelli: acanelli@brandeis.edu.
Other award opportunities are available from the Office of Graduate Affairs.
PhD Student Conference Awards
Conference funding for the 2022 to 2023 academic year has now been fully awarded. These awards will reopen for the 2023 to 2024 academic year on July 1, 2023. At that point, you may apply for funding for conferences that occur after July 1, 2023.
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- PhD students from all GSAS programs
- Must be in good academic standing with their program
- Students who are on time-to-degree extensions are not eligible
- Students who are funded through an award must confirm that there are not award funds available to them to support this work before they are eligible for these funds.
- Conference must occur between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023
- Presenting a paper or poster, serving on a panel or giving a talk/workshop. Participation in the conference must be evidenced by a listing in the conference’s official program materials.
- Expenses can include travel, lodging, registration fees
- Exclusions: no food, alcohol
- Up to $500 per applicant
- Conference travel/research must take place during the year the funds are awarded
- Applications will be reviewed and approved on a rolling basis (within 2 weeks of submission) by the Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs.
- Please note that there are limited award funds available, so apply as soon as your participation has been confirmed by the conference.
- The application will be open through May 1, 2023. If your conference takes place between May 1, 2023 and June 30, 2023, you must apply for funding by May 1.
- Submit appropriate documentation (conference material/urls, receipts) in a timely way or the award will be forfeited.
- Meet with a member of the Career and Professional Development team to incorporate the award into your resume/CV and other career materials.
PhD Student Dissertation Research Awards
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- PhD students from all GSAS programs
- Must be in good academic standing with their program
- Must be in post-resident or continuation status
- Students who are on time-to-degree extensions are not eligible
- Students who are funded through a grant may not be eligible for these awards if the grant will cover travel and research expenses.
- Research expenses associated with dissertation project
- Expenses can include: travel, research-related lodging, archival access, research supplies
- Exclusions: no food, alcohol, Brandeis fees/tuition, laptops, software, hardware, textbooks for courses
- Up to $1000 per applicant. While this amount will not fund an entire dissertation project, we encourage you to use this process as a springboard into applying for larger grant/award opportunities.
- Research must take place during the academic year the award is made, so the reimbursement process can take place before June 30. Funds not reimbursed by June 30th of the academic year in which they were awarded are no longer available to the student.
- GSAS PhD Research Award Application Form
- Research award applications will be reviewed by a selection committee after the two deadlines, November 1, 2022 and March 1, 2023. Selection committee will include the Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs and the Faculty Director of Professional Development.
- Criteria: clarity of the proposed plan, degree progress to date, feasibility of completing the project as outlined, thesis advisor’s support
- Submit appropriate documentation (conference material/urls, receipts) in a timely way, or the award will be forfeited.
- Meet with a member of the Career and Professional Development team to incorporate the award into your resume/CV and other career materials.
